An earth pony mare sat in the Canterlot gardens, admiring the statues along with the scenery of the lands beyond. It was obvious that she wanted to get away from the city and live somewhere more peaceful.
The mare suddenly heard hoof steps and clanking armor, then jumped at the deep and gentle yet firm voice that came with it.
"Enjoying the gardens, Miss?" A pegasus guard stood a meter away from the recovering mare, his face showed no emotion yet his eyes glowed with curiosity. The mare was silent before turning away, feeling somewhat flustered for no reason.
The earth pony nodded, pulling her pink mane away from her face with a light yellow hoof. The guard could see she was debating on whether to say something to him or not.
Feeling a bit awkward, the guard hesitantly asked, "may I join you?"
The mare turned to face the guard with a look of shock and surprise. Why would some one want to join her, especially a royal guard?
"Don't you have duties to get to?" She asked as her green eyes met his teal ones. Both were silent for a moment until the pegasus broke it with genuine laughter. "I wish! The others pulled me out of it without a reason! And they said I deserved it!"
"So, may I join you?" He asked again. The mare was silent before gesturing to a spot next to her, which he accepted. The two sat in an awkward silence.
"...I'm Storm Sentry, by the way." Storm spoke as he held out an orange hoof to the earth pony to shake hooves. "Posey." The mare replied.
Unknown to the pair, two goddess-like figures were watching from a nearby window: a full grown mare and a little foal.
"Well done, Amore. Well done." The mare cooed to the foal.
"Fluttershy, we should go back right about now! They will start rehearsal without us!" Sunset complained.
Ever since moving to their new quarters, Sunset and Fluttershy got to know each other and instantly became friends, but while they were bonding, Fluttershy felt that a third pony was watching, but was surprised it wasn't her brother when she saw him writing something down, so she assumed that the third presence came from within her new room, and she felt it diminish when she was near the tall mirror. It was there that Fluttershy found the secret door, then took her chance and ran down the dark tunnels on the other side of the mirror, Sunset not far behind. Now the mares were currently walking down the haunting corridors.
"I know," Fluttershy spoke in a tone that was almost shaky. "But someone came through here and left. I just know it."
The mares suddenly froze in their tracks as a haunting melody drifted through the cold stone tunnels.
"W-w-what was that?" Fluttershy whimpered as she slowly backed away. "You were the one who wanted to find the stranger hiding here in the first place." Sunset sighed.
The melody suddenly stopped playing, alerting the two mares that they were discovered.
"W-we should get out of h-here" a frightened look started to spread on Fluttershy's face. The cream pegasus suddenly bolted down a tunnel with Sunset trailing after her.
"Fluttershy! Do you even know where you're going?!" Sunset called out as she finally reached the pegasus who stood dead in her tracks, looking down the many endless hallways.
Not far behind, a third pony seemed to start galloping towards their direction. Sunset Shimmer looked back down the tunnel the two mares came down just to find a cloaked figure running their way, a bright light glowing as the figure continued down. They didn't have much time!
"…This way!" Sunset shouted as she grabbed Fluttershy and started to gallop down one of the tunnels, turning sharply at every corner until they reached the end.
"W-we're trapped! It's a dead end!" Fluttershy complained as her eyes shrunk to the size of pinpoints. "Oh no we're not!" The unicorn simply replied as she pushed a brick on the wall that revealed the interior of the opera house. They quickly stepped through before the passage way closed.
Both mares were catching their breaths until Fluttershy spoke up. "H-how… did you know that was a secret passage way? And… does anybody else know about this? And who was that pony chasing us?!" Sunset was silent and looked around to see if any pony was around before answering Fluttershy's questions. "One: let's just say that I know more because I was here longer that you; two: aside from me, about five others; and three: that is some one who is important to the opera house. Look…as much as I would like to tell you everything, I'm afraid I can't!" The unicorn looked around again, unaware of a figure that was eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Do you know Starswirl the bearded? The founder of the Canterlot opera house?" Fluttershy nodded. "Well, he was the one that made sure that everything was in good hooves when he disappeared, and now somepony is trying to take control of the opera house. Starswirl always had hope for the future of the opera house. That pony that was chasing us? Starswirl knew that they would change the future of the opera house and Equestria!"
Sunset Shimmer took a breath before continuing. "Please don't tell anyone about this, not even your brother."
"O-okay, I promise." Fluttershy raised a hoof to prove it. Sunset gave a small 'thank you' before turning and leaving down a hallway. "Sunset?" Sunset Shimmer turned to face the pegasus. "I don't know how to get back to my new quarters and I'm still getting used to it." The unicorn rolled her eyes before gesturing for Fluttershy to follow.
Two pegasus fillies were playing tag with a pegasus and a unicorn colt. The group was running around and enjoying each other's company. A white earth pony was talking to another earth pony and a pegasus.
One of the fillies stopped abruptly. She felt that someone was watching her, so she looked around and found the source: a window with a visible silhouette on the top of a building, the figure was a light grey unicorn with a dark grey mane starting to turn white and watched the filly will emotionless gold eyes.
The filly was suddenly caught off guard when she felt a hoof tap her gently. When she turned around, she saw the pegasus colt run off. "You're it, 'Shy!" The colt called in a playful tone. "No fair! I was distracted!" The filly called back before looking at the window only to find the silhouette has disappeared.
"Here! Tag me and I will get your brother for you." The unicorn colt came up to the filly and held out a white hoof. The filly hesitated before complying. As her cream hoof touched his white one, the unicorn didn't waste any time to chase the other colt.
"Come on, Blues! Let Shy have a chance. Or at least get Sunshower instead!" The pegasus colt called as he tried to outrun the unicorn chasing him. "Don't you dare bring me into this, Flashlight!" The other filly shouted.